lol!!!!

 

This link below is a fun read (editorial). Be sure to read the comments section too.

The Acurazine website tries to mess with the direct link. So, you need to do a manual copy-N-paste.

www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-truth-about-adaptive-transmissions

 

will try it on a 07 TL-S will let you know

 

I have looked throughout the whole FSM and I dont see this calibration listed anywhere. Who came up with this?

 

I been Google'ing for hours (over the past week) trying to find the origin. I checked the Service Manual too. And like you said, the manual has no mention of it.

I found that the MBWorld.org Forum uses our exact same procedure for their Mercedes-Benz. Most brands of cars do have some sort of a similar procedure.

I have yet to find (and still searching) for anything close to being official from Honda/Acura.

 

wow! gotta try this cause sometimes during the week i do drive like a grandpa but every so often i'll get on it.

 

^^ so do I and when I ask her to go it hauls ASS...

trying to reset the ECU/PCM/TCU one and or all three or whatever! is an insult to my car's abilities.

If I had to keep resetting my car to be what it is, i'd sell the thing without a flinch.

 

I'm torn between agreeing with all of you after having just done it, or thinking it's complete BS that when I drive like an ass and my car performs accordingly it's because I just reset the ECU.

 

Interesting stuff

 

 

I did it on my Type-s and i didn't notice a difference my car pulls hard all the time but i do drive it hard so maybe that's why? I don't know it could also be our heads playing tricks on us IMO.

 

I have over 50,000 Milage on my 2004 TL
And never once reseted the ECU
The thing was telling me my average MPH was 25...
I think it's about time it got resetted

 

I just did it
Note to self: Bring my ipod touch next time...

Haven't really drove my car but I will report back to see how things turned out.

 

it's very easy for you mind to make you believe you are or are not feeling something when it's technically insignificant.

I mean it's not like the diff of adding headers so it may work it may not... you may feel it you may not...

either way tho. it's not significant enough to be a concern of mine

 

doesn't this only work on automatic trannnys? IMO

 

Well, I'm back to bring you guys how the driving performance was after resetting the ECU on 2004 TL.

Definitely noticed the speed increasing by slight pedaling.
*Satisfied*
But, not really gonna be speeding. Trying to get at least 300 Mileage on the tank.

 

300 a tank?? what the.... did u cut ur tank in 1/2?

you should be getting 450 miles a tank.

I get 500-550


you are using GOLD gas right? these cars do take premium fuel, which makes a big mileage difference

 

^^550???? In a CL or 3rd Gen? Are you a freakin grandma? LOL .... youd have to get 36mpg, drive all highway, and run her bone dry to get anywhere near 550 miles per tank!

Please explain.

Some simple math:
36mpg x 15gal = ~540 miles & bone dry.

 

For me, the vast majority of my commute time is spent in stop-n-go traffic. Now, I sure hope that this "smart" PCM does not think that I am driving this why intentionally.... and begin to adapt it's behavior thinking I *like* to drive slow as a grandma with poor vision. This is one reason I am interested in this unconfirmed PCM reset.

You people know that I have a sensitive butt-dyno. And, I pick-up on the smallest stuff. Plus, my TL is much more primitive than oem. With the stiff IM engine mounts, PCD, stripped interior, non Z1 trans fluid, overall light vehicle weight, I can easily hear and feel whatever my car is doing.

I am into my second week of testing this PCM reset. It will take months of testing before I am able to offer any confident conclusions. That is how subtle this PCM reset is... at least for me. But thus far, I do think that I feel a difference. The areas where *I think* this PCM reset helps me is the following area -

1) Under extremely light acceleration, the trans will shift-up sooner into the next gear.

2) The throttle seems more progressive, requiring less travel to receive a given amount of acceleration.

3) The trans will execute wot downshifts more aggressively. One area that really bugs me is trying to get the trans to downshift into 2nd gear when I at approx 56-57 mph. Sometimes when I go wot at 57 mph, the trans will only drop to 3rd gear. I hate that. With the PCM reset, *I think* that the trans will drop down to 2nd guaranteed when I go wot at 57 mph. I am still testing although..

I will keep this thread updated as I learn more.

 

well i remember I got 600kms one time and I was still a few (3) notches from the E light... so... that's roughly 700kms ISH

OK I take it back 450 miles.. srry

damn i forgot how friggin far a mile is. 1.6kms

But yes I'm sure I can get a consistent 700kms out of her no problem if it were highway driving.

I only push the pedal a smidge when I am commuting. There;'s no need to waste gas.

I've already put on 35000KMS since I got the car in April.


So saving gas is a necessity.

 

really??? if I drop it my car downshifts like a mad man, and I'm always as light as possible on the pedal when I drive normally.... like I can do a 2nd gear roll at like 4g and then floor it, it will drop to 1st then quickly go to 2nd, all in a jiffy.

 

I'd say at least 80% of my driving is city roads with me grandma driving lol. And i still get good mileage.

I think it's all driving habit... and ppl blame their cars for how they drive.

I don't change my driving cause I am mad or stress or w/e... that shit don't effect me like that.

LOL, but for those of you who use ur ride as an anger management class, I could see why you're like wtf when it comes to mileage.

these cars are BOATS, if ur a heavy at all on the pedal when starrting, and if you hit the brakes a lot then yes you will have brutal mileage no matter what you do.

drive like a grandma for a full tank and I bet most of you would be like WTF?

 

i guess- but mine is AT so it should work

 

BTW i got 450miles on a road trip once all highway about 65-70m/h but daily driving i get 300-320 and this with a type-s which has the 3.5 engine

 

shit i guess 300s make sense with daily city driving and the odd road rage WOT

 

Only for the 5AT. Because we can not find anything official (or semi so), it is our best guess that this would have no effect for the 6MT.

 

if people literally have to convince each other it does or doesn't work, the odds are it doesn't.

Then again however, people were and still are skeptical about the option pulley upgrade, and some feel a difference and some don't apparently. And I felt a difference for SURE.

So who the hell knows about whether this work on not...really.

maybe some people's car's ecu's really act against their likings because of how they drive and where they drive. maybe that's why some feel a diff and some cant feel shyt.??

either way the possibility is there

 

Well I too was torn between believing it would make a difference and that it would not. I have been driving like a grandpa all week & today had a 40 miles drive to meet a client, I was stepping on it here & there going between 90 and 105mph. Did feel the car a little heavy, slugish....unless I floored it. However, I did drive like this aggressively the entire drive. THEN after meeting the client, driving back it felt lighter & more responsive. I feel it reset itself, which makes sense...if it can reset down, it can reset back up.

Next on the list, I'll drive nice again & then try the turning key thing or call the dealer's shop to see if they think we're full of it.

 

plz do.. i'd love some proof instead of 3 pages of speculation

 

Did mine, And I usually drive conservatively.

Before reset: With my usual light pedal, car is slow to respond, corolla's and camry's pass me easily, but I don't care, I'm conserving gas.

Post reset: The same light pedal has more oomph. Car feels quite a bit lighter on its feet.

I definitely think it's done something, or this is some major Placebo!

 

so maybe this just makes the pedal MORE sensitive for those who are on the pedal more

 

I did it, and felt the difference.

 

Ive been doing this regularly for the past 2 years and ALWAYS feel the diff... though it subsides over time until another reset is performed. When/how the tranny shifts also changes based on driving style. Upshifting as well as how willing the car is downshift is very dynamic....

When im hard on the car all day then lower my pedal mashing, the tranny stays in a lower gear for longer before shifting to get the most out of the powerband it seems.

 

you are definitely right about it subsiding after a while. i noticed it when i had been doing more stop and go city driving, when i have to be gingerly with the throttle.

 

ok so are you talking about your CL-S, or do you have a 3rd Gen TL? Just wanted to know...

 

I got a CL-S... common dude, look at my name. do u really have to ask? lol

 

Well this thread IS about 3rd gens.. So ummmm....yeah, about that.

 

It is nowhere in the FSM, I think its a placebo working in everyones heads!!

From what ive read it seems as if the memory is more like a rolling average. The computer is constantly changing the setting as the car is driven. I dont see how resetting the throttle pedal is going to cause an increase in power.

 

I'd have to agree. Definite and immediately noticeable change in throttle response. I love it!! Screw fuel economy, I didn't buy this to be an economical vehicle to drive, I bought it to be a *FUN* vehicle to drive and now once again it is exactly that. Wheeee!! ('08 TL w/Navi)

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If it is not in FSM, I would have to say it is BS. The Ecu uses a "rolling"average based on daily driver input. It is constantly adjusting itself.